Two identical sets of 6 manuscript glees added to printed glees in bound volumes containing the bookplate of the 'Music Room, Oxford'. In four different hands. The numbering continues that of the printed contents.
Dates
- Creation: c 1800
Extent
0.30 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark, e.g. Mus. 301 c. 244, fols. 1-2].
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Full range of shelfmarks:
Mus. 301 c. 244-245
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16049
Abstract
Collection of glees, which are manuscript additions to volumes of printed music, c 1800.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details of the majority of the composers represented here can be found in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Faculty of Music Library, 1995.
Dimensions
Folio (315 × 245 mm)
Subject
- Long | Samuel | c 1725?-1764 | organist and composer (Person)
- Cooke | Benjamin | 1734–1793 | organist and composer (Person)
- Webbe | Samuel | 1740-1816 | church musician and composer (Person)
- Paxton | Stephen | bap 1734-1787 | musician and composer (Person)
- Holcombe | Henry | fl 1707–1748 | composer (Person)
- Title
- Collection of glees in volumes of printed music
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk